out. donald trump facing 37 counts for his handling of classified documents including willful retention of government documents, obscu obstruc documents concerning nuclear weaponry of the united states. u.s. vulnerabilities to attack. the indictment includes images of boxes stacked across mar-a-lago including a ballroom, a shower and bathroom. a storage area. donald trump accused of personally being involved in taking documents from the white house. and after authorities asked him to return them from allegedly suggesting hiding or destroying documents. also allegedly asking what if we just ignore the request? tonight, and aid former president trump also charged in the case, queues of allegedly helping to hide documents at mar-a-lago. pierre thomas tonight and our chief legal analyst don abrams and her entire teams to anybody on the gravity of the charges and what this means now in the race for president. meantime, our political team reaching out to all of the republican can
reporter: i think what jack smith was trying to show here is that this is not just a classified document case. this is a case about the most sensitive documents to the national defense and the national security. and secondly, trying to show the lengths to which the former president went to obstruct the investigation, to conceal, to lie about the documents after the fbi had subpoenaed them. david: dan, the venue. the special counsel could ve made the case for this to be handled in federal court in washington, d.c., on florida. we know this will now play out florida searchlight what we know about the judge in the case? what difference does it make, the venue, and why did the special counsel move in this direction? reporter: so i think the special counsel did it because most of the alleged crimes occurred in south florida. but this is a win for donald trump. better perspective jury pool in south florida than in washington, d.c., and in particular, the judge is at least initially ass